Is This Purslane?
 

Is this the edible weed called purslane?

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yes...edible? don't know

Yep! That would be purslane. Which reminds me I have an empty spot in the garden and I should plant some. That is the one thing I didn't get around to yet this year.
Tasty and incredibly good for you. Full of all of the Omegas and if you feed iot to your laying hens you will get eggs rich in all of the Omega whatevers too.
Great in salads!!!

i would keep that one in a different bed, lol. i eat it too, but it does spread like a...well, weed!

Is it best raw or cooked? Is there anything toxic that closely resembles it?

I just weeded out a bunch of that in my sweet corn patch !

I'm letting it sprawl in my garden paths right now. I will be collecting the seeds and spreading it to other areas as well.

It's crispy, and has a lemony flavor. The only thing is you need to eat it right away or it will brown where it was cut. We used it in salad. It was a nice addition. The seeds are very plentiful.

An aside, but I was just told yesterday that the old timers in the mountains of NC called purslane "pusley" and used it to feed hogs ...

Yes, that's purslane. WIHH puts it in every fresh garden salad that she prepares.

WIHH uses it raw in salads. Purslane resembles a Jade plant, which I believe is toxic.

Yup, purslane. Some old guide books for foraging state it is laxative in nature. Eat with care. After reading that I never did try eating it although one of my farm fields would have an infestation of it every year with about 20 acres of it growing.

Selling for $4.99
 

There's a upsale mega mart in my area that carries off the beaten path fresh produce - Purslane is selling for more than a gallon of gas this week.
Windy, any chance there are large groups of people with with more money than brains in your area ?

Unfortunetly once I find a "weed" that I want to grow it won't.

canned a bunch of that one year, did it like any other greens..only tip to pass along would be harvest before it sets seed..all them lil seed in the juice looks odd and invites"eeewwsss" before tasting. Neighbor of mine loved it, she could eat a whole pint right out of the jar!

Ironic that it is coming up like it was planted in our old hog pen this year. Never fed it to our pig though and have never seen it growing in that pen before, until this year.

an old timer around these parts calls it "chicken guts".

The old farm field is 150 miles away from me in western Kansas while I am in south central KS.

Plenty of large groups of people with more money than brains but don't know about them buying purslane. Perhaps I should develop a market for that weed, I mean wild crop as it does grow without care.

That makes it sound real appetizing!

It's purslane, and outstanding. Old timers don't know everything ... some of my old timer neighbors pull it up by the handfuls out of their gardens, not realizing it's equal to or more nutritious than anything they can possibly grow.

I add it to soups and salads in large quantities. Use a Greek Feta-style dressing if you are having trouble getting used to the slightly bitter flavor. I just use the leaves as I don't think the stems have much value (and they taste bad). It's really a wonderful plant and extremely versatile. If you wanted to, you could live on purslane, dandelions, and plantain leaves almost indefinitely ... and all three of those grow wild in your yard.

this stuff is far better than some lettuce i have grown.

I saw a picture of the Purslane & just had to laugh. A couple weeks ago I posted about my beets & how hard it was to weed them because of the weeds. The weeds are mostly Purslane! Gosh that stuff grows like crazy. It is all over my garden. I'll be feeding the chickens with it now instead of just throwing it in the compost.

You just never know what you are going to learn on this forum.

I don't have to go plant some after all.. I have been waiting to see if last year's bed was going to do anything this year and had given up.. I mean, gosh!, its July. I went out this morning and finally saw my pursalne coming back up..
seems late in the year for a weed to do its thing, but who am to know the thoughts of weeds.
Yeah.. I have purslane again..

Feeding it to the chickens?? Have you tried it yourself yet? It's too good for chickens!

I've heard they really like it. Mine aren't the least bit interested . . . yet. They have plenty to choose from out there at eyeball height. I doubt they can see what's on the ground, unless they're looking at a bug.